4% of households have no car, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
Residents aged 65 and over: 29%, above 82% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Steinbach’s population at 1,379, in 640 households. Single-parent households make up about one in 26 here (3.9%). 44% of households are headed by a retired person, a higher share than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haut-Rhin median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Slower than most: +2% since 2012, behind 63% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The median Haut-Rhin town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six +1%.
Steinbach is older than 79% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Steinbach 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 67% of compared French towns: 28%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Haut-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. Few places have so few one-person households: 34% here, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children.
A lower share of households in social housing than 79% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.7%. As a reference point, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 23%. Steinbach has fewer empty homes than 53% of compared French towns, at 6.5%.
Half above, half below €31,120 a year in standard of living
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €31,120 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
Only 9.9% of households are headed by a manual worker in Steinbach
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
On households headed by a manager or professional, Steinbach sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 9.9%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 5.3%, a lower share than 60% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Haut-Rhin has 10%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three fifths of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Steinbach: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 87% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Steinbach. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
In Steinbach, 10% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
With graduates of higher education at 38%, Steinbach is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,379 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Steinbach is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steinbach | 48.9 | 29% | 1.7% | 5.3% |
| Cernay 12,057 · 1.3 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Vieux-Thann 2,866 · 1.9 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 0.6% | 10% |
| Thann 7,762 · 2.5 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 2.6% | 9.7% |
| Wittelsheim 10,645 · 4.1 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 0.5% | 8.4% |
| Staffelfelden 4,072 · 4.8 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 0.9% | 5.4% |
| Bollwiller 4,184 · 5.6 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.1% | 5.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Steinbach
What is the population of Steinbach?
1,379 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,356).
How old are Steinbach’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Steinbach?
12, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Steinbach?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 53 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Steinbach?
€31,120 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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